Remembering The Golden Age of Malay Cinema

History

Listen to seven excerpts from oral history interviews with P. Ramlee’s contemporaries, friends and colleagues.

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Language: English
Subtitles: English

P. Ramlee's popularity

Filmmaker L. Krishnan recounts casting P. Ramlee in Bakti (1950) as well as P. Ramlee’s rise to stardom.

P. Ramlee as an actor

Actress Neng Yatimah gives her impressions on P. Ramlee’s approach to embodying his characters.

P. Ramlee directing

Composer Kassim Masdor gives his first-hand accounts of witnessing P. Ramlee work on set.

P. Ramlee's fame overseas

Singer and actor Ahmad Daud reminisces on P. Ramlee’s overseas achievements and talents.

P. Ramlee's unfinished work

Actor Aziz Sattar provides an intimate perspective on what it was like working with P. Ramlee.

P. Ramlee's tutelage

Yusnor Ef gives his impressions of seeing P. Ramlee in-person, including an anecdote of meeting him.

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Last memories of P.Ramlee

Yusnor Ef recounts P. Ramlee’s advice and how P. Ramlee’s family gathered at Kuala Lumpur for his funeral.